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DeFi Exploit: Whale Hunter's Payday

• Scam type: Hack
• Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
• Reported: 2026-04-27
• Last updated: 2026-04-27

DeFi Exploit: Whale Hunter's Payday Date: 08/20/2024 Loss: $55,470,000 USD Tags: REKT, Phishing Summary: When phishing for whales, sometimes you land a big one. A crypto whale found themselves $55.47 million lighter after falling victim to a sophisticated phishing attack targeting their Maker vault. Exploit/attacker addresses extracted from on-chain analysis and incident reports. Reference: https://rekt.news/whale-hunters-payday Source: https://de.fi/rekt-database

Other addresses in this report: 0xf2b889437f243396b29e829908b5d8ebe2e13048, 0x0000db5c8b030ae20308ac975898e09741e70000

@zachxbt: A few hours ago a victim was drained for 55.4M DAI

• Scam type: Hack
• Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
• Reported: 2026-04-24
• Last updated: 2026-04-24

Crypto crime address reported by @zachxbt (ZachXBT crypto fraud investigator — hacks, scams, rugpulls with on-chain evidence). Message context: A few hours ago a victim was drained for 55.4M DAI Transaction hash [0xf70042bf3ae7c22f0680f8afa078c38989ed475dfbe5c8d8f30a50d4d2f45dc4](https://etherscan.io/tx/0xf70042bf3ae7c22f0680f8afa078c38989ed475dfbe5c8d8f30a50d4d2f45dc4) Theft address 0x5D4b2A02c59197eB2cAe95A6Df9fE27af60459d4... Source: https://t.me/zachxbt/150

Whale Hunter's Payday Exploit — Attacker Address

• Scam type: Hack
• Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
• Reported: 2026-04-22
• Last updated: 2026-04-22

Ethereum address belonging to the attacker who exploited Whale Hunter's Payday. Total stolen: $55,470,000 USD. Source: rekt.news (https://rekt.news/whale-hunters-payday). This address was used to receive or launder stolen funds from the Whale Hunter's Payday protocol exploit.

Whale Hunter's Payday Exploit — Attacker Address

• Scam type: Hack
• Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
• Reported: 2026-04-22
• Last updated: 2026-04-22

Ethereum address belonging to the attacker who exploited Whale Hunter's Payday. Total stolen: $55,470,000 USD. Source: rekt.news (https://rekt.news/whale-hunters-payday). This address was used to receive or launder stolen funds from the Whale Hunter's Payday protocol exploit.